13,964 fans were at Barclays Center on April 21 to witness what might someday be looked upon as a step toward boxing’s changing of the guard....
Adrien Broner Draw 12 Jessie Vargas, catchweight (144 pounds) Both Broner (33-3-1, 24 KOs) and Vargas (28-2-1, 10 KOs) had promised a war, and a war...
On a very busy international weekend for the Sweet Science, popular former two-division world champion Carl Frampton paid his immense respect
In a rare battle between prized prospects Sagadat Rahkmankulov out-dueled Jhon Leon by unanimous decision in a fight much closer and intense than the scores
In at least one very significant way, two-time former heavyweight champion Hasim “The Rock” Rahman has something in common with his more renowned
Originally programmed for April 7, this rare fight between two former FOTY participants holds more interest for “The Jackal” Frampton (24-1-0, 14 KOs) who has more
Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan knows what it’s like to be stranded at the altar. Back in January, it was announced that O’Sullivan would fight Daniel Jacobs at...
but he fought a smart fight giving Klitschko doses of things he'd never been confronted with before and managed to get inside Wladimir's head before and...
Canelo’s Beef with GGG Gets Real Speaking about “funny ways to promote a fight” and “beef getting personal,” let’s talk about Abel Sanchez. What’s with that...
The San Fernando Valley heats up again this weekend as Bash Entertainment brings back-to-back fight cards. A pair of super featherweights headline the card on Friday...
Over the years The Sweet Science has performed well in the annual writing competition sponsored by the Boxing Writers Association of America. 2017 was no exception.
In this survey we posed a hypothetical question: Suppose that there was going to be a Mount Rushmore of Boxing with the faces of four boxers...
His nickname is "The Problem" and I can’t think of another fighter whose nickname is a better fit. After winning world titles at 130, 135, 140...
Boxing is Back in the Wrong Section of the News Even considering the amount of information traveling around the world at light speed, it is unusual...
THREE PUNCH COMBO: Gervonta Davis (19-0, 18 KO’s) will look to regain a 130-pound title belt when he faces Jesus Cuellar (28-2, 21 KO’s) this Saturday...
Yokohama, Japan, Sunday April 15 Ryota Murata KO 8 Emanuel Blandamura, WBA middleweight title Cristofer Rosales TKO 9 Daigo Higa, WBC
Nicaraguan, stole the show with a ninth round stoppage of Japan’s undefeated knockout artist Daigo Higa to claim the WBC world flyweight title
From the dusty streets of Algeria to old school British cobbles, to the heartland of the American dream and back again, Part 3 of the Fifty...
a simple acknowledgment of a story I had written years ago about Bobby Tomasello, a fighter who was given the birth name of Robert Benson
I recently watched Paterno, the HBO film about former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. Paterno was one of college football’s greatest coaches. But his image...